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it's also the agency for her husband, president bill clinton. we're told that folks in the speaking industry expect she'll be one of the highest paid speakers ever to hit the circuit. high six figures up there with president clinton, tony blair, george w. bush. >> i think no surprise there. >> this is what a lot of people do. step out of public life, make yourself a little money perhaps before stepping back into public life. >> the clintons need that. they don't have a lot. you know, i understand that when they go on vacation, they have a canoe and this little shack in arkansas. >> sometimes a days inn. >> i love days inn. >> econo lodge. they like that one too. >> mike, let's talk about something happening in washington. john mccain had a big splash of news yesterday when he talked about universal background checks. going to gain wide support by republicans in congress. that's huge news, and it's not just huge news in a political sense. people that have really been focused on reducing gun crime for a very long time say, yes, they'd like to have
it's also the agency for her husband, president bill clinton. we're told that folks in the speaking industry expect she'll be one of the highest paid speakers ever to hit the circuit. high six figures up there with president clinton, tony blair, george w. bush. >> i think no surprise there. >> this is what a lot of people do. step out of public life, make yourself a little money perhaps before stepping back into public life. >> the clintons need that. they don't have a lot....
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of course, bill clinton was elected president three years later by these same democrats. but they got, because they were so harshly partisan, they got dick cheney instead. >> well, but -- >> and history was forever changed. >> don't you think this is bad timing for the republicans? >> yes. i think it's terrible. >> it adds to this narrative that they're difficult? don't you need to pick your battles at some point? just stop. >> and that's my point. republicans should defer to the president. >> and look respectful. >> chuck hagel is a bad secretary of defense, if he what many people are predicting, the republican version of les aspen. >> given the nature of politics, the way it's going to go is 80 years from now when the republicans finally win the presidency, they are going to -- the democrats are going to extract revenge for the way the republicans behaved to a chuck hagel. >> that's what i don't understand, ed rendell. these parties act as if the status quo is always going to exist. these republicans -- and again, i'm not going to mention the guy's name anymore because
of course, bill clinton was elected president three years later by these same democrats. but they got, because they were so harshly partisan, they got dick cheney instead. >> well, but -- >> and history was forever changed. >> don't you think this is bad timing for the republicans? >> yes. i think it's terrible. >> it adds to this narrative that they're difficult? don't you need to pick your battles at some point? just stop. >> and that's my point....
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clinton, bush and obama. which shows how irrelevant at the end of the day they are to the swing voters. i actually think all the hatred, with swing voters actually helps the sitting president. >> all right. jim vandehei, thank you very much. still ahead on "morning joe," former secretary of state, madeleine albright and frank bruni and "hardball's" chris matthews and the israeli ambassador to the u.s., michael oren, with the president's upcoming trip to israel. >>> after a very cold stretch, new england is warming up. we will watch the clouds and rain moving in. you don't need the haveneaviest all coats today but you need an uchl brel la. rain in new england southward to new england and baltimore areas and watching rain from buffalo to cleveland to pittsburgh and just about done in south atlanta and you will get rain in your morning rush hour and mobile and pensacola and panama city. the only snowy weather is to the north behind the storm, breaking out from green bay, oshkosh to chicago. and behind that, it i
clinton, bush and obama. which shows how irrelevant at the end of the day they are to the swing voters. i actually think all the hatred, with swing voters actually helps the sitting president. >> all right. jim vandehei, thank you very much. still ahead on "morning joe," former secretary of state, madeleine albright and frank bruni and "hardball's" chris matthews and the israeli ambassador to the u.s., michael oren, with the president's upcoming trip to israel....
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i was for the clinton rates. i'm for the clinton rates today. now, i wouldn't phase in the clinton rates immediately because the economy's still trying to get back. >> right. >> so i would perhaps go at least another year until you get the full clinton rates. >> give us two cuts. two cuts you'd make. >> spending cuts? >> two spending cuts. >> i think on entitlements, i think we need to look at cost of living adjustments. i think we need to look at -- very frankly, let me give you a specific cut that i think we ought to go back to, in effect. people are talking about, well, people can't work past a certain age. let's assume that. but previous to the '90s, when you continue to work and you were over 65 and you earned income, you had an offset. now, if we reinstated that offset, i'm 73 years of age. i'm still working. i'm getting social security. if there was an offset, it wouldn't affect me. i'm working. i'm making an income. that can get you anywhere between $80 billion and $100 billion. >> over a year. >> no, over ten years to reinstate that off
i was for the clinton rates. i'm for the clinton rates today. now, i wouldn't phase in the clinton rates immediately because the economy's still trying to get back. >> right. >> so i would perhaps go at least another year until you get the full clinton rates. >> give us two cuts. two cuts you'd make. >> spending cuts? >> two spending cuts. >> i think on entitlements, i think we need to look at cost of living adjustments. i think we need to look at -- very...
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and unfortunately, you know, what's that hillary clinton line that she used to use? the definition of madness is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. just in terms of the politics, and also in terms of the spending and the budget piece of this, this crowd in washington right now is doing the same thing over and over. and what you're going to have, i'm afraid, for republican friends, is that the politics don't work out well. you just fought on the same territory, and it didn't work out. and now you're going to have this rolling series of furlough letters and news stories saying, people are going to lose their jobs. why haven't they come together? and the history of this doesn't look good in terms of the politics, doesn't look good in terms of the budget. also doesn't look good for people who want to deal with the underlying problems. >> the president did agree with this. this is an agreement he came up with republicans in congress. >> i mean, the absurd it'd, it was your idea, no, it was your idea is a bit much. in terms of the im
and unfortunately, you know, what's that hillary clinton line that she used to use? the definition of madness is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. just in terms of the politics, and also in terms of the spending and the budget piece of this, this crowd in washington right now is doing the same thing over and over. and what you're going to have, i'm afraid, for republican friends, is that the politics don't work out well. you just fought on the same...